The Sun. — London, England, 1826-01-31 00:00:00

THE Yesterday a Meeting of the Journeymen Broad ..ftilk.weavers took place at the Church of St. Matthew, Beth aabgreen, pursuant to public notice, for the purpose of may. Mg the Report of a Committee appointed at a former Meeting to prevent a Memorial to the Board of Trade, and to adopt -such measures as might be deemed necessary under existing circumstances. The • sleeting was appointed to take place at one o'clock, •And soon after that hour between lire and sax thousand persons /lad assembled. ' Mr. JAMES 13AgEn was called to the Chair, and having briefly stated the object of the meeting, requested that the per sons preient would receive the Report of their Committee with ethat attention which their peculiar situation required. Mr. WALLIS, one oldie deputation to the Board of Trade, • weeded the platform, which had been erected for the purpose, nod .addneseed the meeting to the following effect was glad toes Bo numereus an assemblage, for it clearly skewed the intelitet they felt in the cause which had called them Loge. -thet. When he last addreteed them, they were assembled to hear a memorial read, which was to be presented to the Board of Trade. He wasone of those on whom the duty of present 'Mg it had devolved. The memorial was presented, and last Wednesday was appointed for a conference on the subject.. The Committee on that day met Mr. Huskisson, Mr. Grant, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, anti their conference lasted above two hours, during which time ninny argu. .mints were adduced on both sides. The Ministers of the Crown Contended, that the evil complained of did tut arise from the contemplated measures, but from other causes--namely, an overstocked market, and also a : zeneral depression, which had affected other bodies besides those engaged in the silk-trade. The committee, on the other hand contended that the distress arose principally front the Tepee/ of the prohibition laws ; and they gave several reasons .for their opinion : Ist, because the depression in their trade .had been progressively advancing, before it was felt withits present severity ; 2d, all previous slacks in the trade were partial, and in many cases only aiketed particular branches; but now the depressant was general, and affected the whole, and left them almost without hope. The Ministers then urged, that the superiority of the English manufacture 'would command the market; and said, that our causes for fear had, in a considerable degree, their origin from our. -selves, as, by giving publicity to the alarms we felt, we at the sane time gave a degree of confidence to the French manufac turer, who would naturally put a higher price on his goods, arid bring them nearer to an equality with the English menu. lecturer. To this the committee replied, that the English dealer in silks, a* a man of business, If he could purchase th e:reign silks 5 or 10 per cent. cheaper then Englieh, would be in. :.duced not only to recommend than to his customers itt prefer. sence,but even to sell them asEnglish manufactured goods. tie had never admitted that we were unable to meet them in the mar. ken if we were placed on any thing like an equal ffioting but that so long as the priced of foul and house.rent between the two countries were so dieproportionate, that, together with .other advantages they enjoyed over us, particularly the benelit of a climate which e n a bl e d them to produce the raw material on their own soil, these advantages were such as a protecting ditty of 30 per cent. could not guard us against. Mr. Home wood, who accompanied the deputation, then pressed the Ml niaters for a more explicit - answer on the subject of the memo. rial, but they replitd, '' that we had all the arguments on the , flubject, and we knew our own, and that we were therefore capable of forming an answer as well as any they could fur. .shah" Mr. Wallis sat down, returning his thanks for the Confidence which had been so often reposed in him.--(Great applause.) ale. Porrox, another of the deputation to the Board of Trade, said be would not trespass at any length on the patience of the meeting, nor go over the topics which had been so clearly suited by Mr. ‘Vallis, but in the course ofit two hours' interview with die Ministers, other topics had been argued which Mr. had' not touched upon. Mr. Huskisson declared that if he were convinced that the general benefit of the country, and the prosperity' of the silk-trade, required it, he was not so wedded to his opinions as to prevent his going to the Bowe of Connnuns and deleting his opinion of the error under which he had laboured for two years befbre. To .this he (Mr. Porno) replied, that the silk-triele could never be protected in this country without. prohibitory laws ; and in support' of his assertion, he mentioned the authority of a Committee or the House of Lords on the subject in the year 1021. It was then declared by them that the laws 'cave us a monopoly in our own market, without which the ailk.trade could not have fermerly existed ; and the only reason which induced the Committee to think wt: were enabled to compete with foreigners was, that nut had then a better supply of row material from Our owu celoniele We however said, tied although the articl e f rom our colonies had increased in point of quality, it had also increased in price. The Lord& Cemmittee then Stated also, that the difference between lien gel and the Indian silk was more than one.third, and was even Now there is only la. in the pounthweight -ference between them, anti every person prevent knew there was more than that difference in the quality of the articles, Mr. PoYton then adverted to the relative situation of France and England with regard to the silk-trade sixty or seventy years ago, and said, that notwithstanding that the prohibitory laws were then repealed for a short time, and produced distress, Eng land was then better prepared to stand a competition, for at that period bread was at high r pr ice in France than it is now, and in klogland it was at one.third only of its present veld°. Added to that, a smaller number of hands were then engaged than are at present, and the climate of France enables them to grow the mulberry tree, which they were fermerly obliged to go to Italy tor,—an advantage we can never expect to ob. In answer to this, his Majesty's Ministers replied, that every other tr a d e al so thought they ought to be exempted from the general principle, on the ground of sonic peculiarity to which they were subject, but which, when acted upon, was found to 'be b ene fi c i a l. Th e i ron . trut l e was instanced. We anewered that there were peculiarities in our trade which did not attach to others, for with us so much labour wits consumed on the raw material. In conclusion, Mr. PoYton hoped the committee had conscientiously discharged their duty. He was ready to answer any queatiOna that persons present might be disposed to tusk him. „, iieveral (locations were then proposed to Mr. Poyton, In an *cep to which he replied, that in the year 1014 the cotton trade exported 10,690,365 pieces of cotton, for which they ob tained 17,203,7001, ; but in 1024 they exported 27,170,107 pieces, and obtained no more than 15,240,0001.; so that in the year 11124 they exported nearly eleven millions of pieces for +damn two millions sterling less than they had done in 1814. in answer to a question as IA whether the Committee had any conversation with the Ministers respecting the smuggling of French silk. Mr. Poyton said they had, and contended that duty of 30 percent. would only act as a bounty on smuggling ; :for after the goods once gained admittance into the country, de tection would he impossible. Mr. WADDEN ' a manufacturer, a gentleman who spoke with a strong Irish accent, said, this was the first time he had the honour of addressing an English assembly. The interests of the masters and their men were inseparably united. 11 e had been 16,yeers a manufacturer. Mr. Wadden then prodUced several patterns of silk which came from Lyons ' under the de nondoation of Gra,. de Nopler. It could be purchased at Lyons at the rate of 4s..per ell, end 24 inches wide ; including •duty anti all expences, it might be imported at 4s. 5d., or, in other words, =kit% allowance for the difference of measures, _a mercer in London might have it on his counter at 3a. 7d. per Etglish yard ; but he would ask what could an English ma nufacturer make it Inc ? Ilia journeymen might work sixteen hours a day for 14s. a week. Ile could not go to the India-huuse with money in his pocket and purchase the raw material for lea, than 3s, BV., therefore the mercer might have the manufactured articles fur sale a penny lest than the price of the raw material. lie thought the Hata litclia Cunt_ pany would, in' time, nic.,:opolize the whole trade, for they had it in their power to but such a price on the raw material as would protect the. sale of the manufactured article intro &teed by them. (Mr. Wailden'a address waa received with went applause by the meeting.) Alessra. NuCtllgri DAVIS, FOX, and WHITE addressed the meeting at com.iderablo tolgth to the same purport. Several resolutions were then moved. J. That the Meeting regretted the result of their memorial to the Board of Trade. `L. That the distress of their trade is, attributable to the rep e al of the prohibition laws. 3. That, in the opinion of the Meeting, if the new regula thins be acted, on, the silk trade of Great Britain and Ireland will be nearly Annihilated, and half a million of indus trious individuals minced to a state of degradation, starvation, and pauperism, which will increinte the already heavy burden upon the landed interest of the nation. 4. That they aught, by every legal means, to endeavour to remove the evil which has already oome upon them, and is daily Increasing. A, That a committee of Nix be appointed with full powers to call in finch assistance Si they deem necessary, to obtain, if pos. slide, a repeal a mail parts of the Silk-trade Bill of 1814, as r ag e ' ta the importation of foreign wrought silk into this country. • The resolutiOne ► sere all adopted unanimously. were afterwards voted to the late The thanlssfof the Meeting Committee, to the minister and churchwardens for the use of , The (thumb on the present occasion, and to the chairman. The Meeting was then adjourned. TOM PAINE. A dinner was given yesterday,. at the City. of . • bondon Tavern, to commemorate the birth-day of the notori ous Tom Paine. The adthission fee was 10s, W., being 3s. Gd. more than on former occasions, when the party, were in the habit of Meeting at an obscure public-house in Brewer-street. The company consisted of Richard Cathie, his fellow-suf ferers, and a person of the name of Robert_ Taylor (miscalled the. Reverend) who has recently obtained some notoriety, as the thunder of a society, termed " The .Christian Evidence Society," and about sixty or seventy ". unwashed artizans," with prodigious appetites, and strong determination to talk blasphemy, and ",clip the King's English." Thermore pru dent among them, aware of the habits.. of their .associates, very carefully kept their hats on during the dinner, so as at once to secure - their property; and that portion of the human frame in which their Deity-reason is said to hold his throne. The chair was taken by Mr. Ric liAnn CAnsaLE. As soon as the cloth was removed, a gentleman in a decent coat (we must be allowed to distinguish the parties by the only menus in our power) proposed toast the lirst---" Thomas Paine—we meet to respect his memory, and to extend his principles." Ills observations were concluded by the remark, that the dis tinguisbed and highly gifted being, the anniversary of whose birth they had assembled to commemorate, had been a snore honourable and useful member .of society, and had done society more good, than any individual who had ever existed on the face of the globe. The toast was drank standing, and with great applause. A young gentleman with a quizzing glas s then proposed the health of Mr. Richard Cathie, and observed he was sure that every man of honour and sentiment would join hint its the'toast. Drank with three times three. Cllr. In returning thanks, said that he was out of practice in public speaking, and he could only therefore say to the Meeting, be drank " all their good health.." Mr. TAYLOR then rose, and said he had the honour to pro. pose toast the third—" Mr. .Carlile's fellow sufferers : we feel indignant that any of them remain in prison."—Drank in solemn silence. A Gentleman with a green patch over his right eye, who described himself as one of the said fellow sufferers, returned thanks for himself and his brethren. A person then proposed as a toast— " The succe'refid society called the Christian Evidence Society. Its extension, and thanks to the thunder, the Rev. Robert Taylor." Mr. TAYLOR, who was decorated by a splendid gold chain, which he displayed to the best advantage, rose and delivered a " good set speech " on the nature and objects of the Chris tian Evidence Society, which was intended to propagate the sentiments of that great and good man—Thomas Paine, whose memory he trusted lived in the hearts of thousands, and would live in the hearts of thousands yet unborn ; for in no Man did there ever shine so bright a galaxy of talents in such a heaven of virtue. It was, however, he continued, to the persons who heard him, and to their exertions, that this most nsefulbo ciety was to look for support ; and while he thanked them for what they had done, he was anxious to' express his obligations to the many ladies by whom its meetings had been honoured those fairest of the fair by whom the cause of the Society had been consecrated, and by whose peerless beauty it had been adorned. To emancipate their minds were a guerdon worth a bishopric; and the founder of the Christian Evidenc e S oc i et y would not envy even him who slew the Pithon, if he could crush the serpent that slept in. beauty's bosom. A person, who appeared to be a tallow-chandler, and who styled himself a republican, then sanga song, which he said was • made upon the French ReVolution, about, despots, the cap of liberty, and the opening bud of reason. Mr. Cannims then requested that the gentlemen would abstain &Om ceremonious cheering, as it would be 'less noisy, and more respectable. The request, however, was notconi- plied with. The 11th toast was then drank—" The Mechanics' Institute, and Schools of Science generally." • For this toast a person returned thanks, anti said that the world wits indebted for the formation of such institutes to the promulgation of the works and sentiments of the individual whose birth they- were then assembled to commemorate. Song—" Live and be jolly." Toast the 6th was then given—" Robert Owen. We admire his perseverance in his career of humanity and generosity." The individual who sang. song the first then sang song the third—being a parody on Ye hanks and braes," and recom mending mankind to ". divide the rent" and live happy. He was then called upon for a toast, when he said--4. 1 give ye the memory of Thomas Spence, not unconnected. with Thome Paine. His ideas was equally great. I will tell ye how I became a convert to Thomas Paine's principles ; Thirty years ago I went to see him burnt in helligy, when another gentleman met me, and said,• if-you're willing,' lend you his works. So I says to him, I'll read 'em provided they're consistent with reason ; and I read. 'em, and changed my principles. And I say now, 'if any reason is advanced to halter and undo my mind, I'll change em again." Toast 7th was then drank—" Female republicans." Their presence would have added grace to our company. • The CHAIRMAN then said, that it had been the wish of many friends that the ladies should have been - present at their meeting; and the toast was now given for the purpose of ascertaining the sense of the company, in order that if it were in their favour they might be invited next year. This toast was hailed with great applause; we presume, therefore that at their next meeting the female republicans will be admitted to partake of a bad thinner and worse wine. Mr. Taylor then alluded to the King's Arms, which was placed over the ta bl e at th e en d o f t h e room, and said, that the lion was looking grimly down, and appeared to be saying to the unicorn " Good G—, is it Richa r d C ar lil e un d er us ?" It was well , he observed, for .M r. Carlite. that he did not " set his affections on things above," or he would have trembled in his seat ; but he need not fear the tremendous monsters of royalty that frowned upon hint. Ile then gave " The• United States of America. May their republicanism extinguish their superstition." And, also, the 9th toast—" The Republicans (publicans we hearth one gentleman express it) of Hayti." Mr. CARLILE then rose, anti proposed the tenth toast," The- Rtpretentative Newspaper. If an organ of any portion of the Ministry, we hail their approach to the principles of Thomas Paine." The respected gentleman. (Mr. Carlile), then said, t` It is very generally known, that within the last week, a new paper has been published in the metropolis. Rumour has as serted It to be the organ of te'portion of tilt Ministry; not of the . elder portion, but of the younger ;.not of the Eldon hiction, but of the liberal party. It is called " The Representative," and as far as I have rend, its sentiments correspondmith its title, for it prefers the representative to the monarchical system. For this reason we have entered it among our list of toasts."---(Drank standby; and with great applause.! Mr. ravimtt then gave toast the llth—" Protestant as well as Catholic Emancipation." In doing which the Chaplain to, and Founder of, the Christian Evidence Society took occasiou to observe, that though the Irish gentlemen were polished, ex-' quisite, upright, and arniabl,, the African savage, or the wild Arab, was superior to the Irish Priest. The following toasts w,re then given :- 12. The memory of Rousseau and Voltaire ; of Diderot and d'Holbach. 13. The memory of Benjamin Franklin, and Fulmer. 14. The memory of Tindal, 'rotund, and Annetta of the Arehbishop Tillotson and 1)r. Conyers Middleton ; of Byron and Shelley ; and of all Engliblunen who have written to the end of human improvement. 15. The memory of all Others who have. laboured for the ha provement of mind. DI, Universal Benevolence. At ten o'clock we left the " Company" calling for gin and water and half and half—liquors better suited to their palate than miserable port and sherry; and we h a ve. no d ou b t t h ey continued to talk blasphemy and treason to a very early hour. " While 'England's tate Like a clipt guinea trembles in the scale." VACCINATION. --- The following.extract is made from a very clever pamphlet, by Dr. Lewins, a respectable practitioner, a few miles from Edin burgh It is certainly," says he," altogether unreasonable to expec t that cow pox will afford Protection against small pox, in those constitu. dons where the latter disease itself would not have done ; but, I maintain, it has been satia. factorily proved, that tie vaccine disease, when proper care h : ts been taken to communicate it effectually, is, in this respect, entitled to be placed on the same footing suits" pox. Nay, strange us it may seem, front the facts hitherto recorded, it appears that the modifying power of cosy pox is superior to that of small pox,---that is, that there are ft greeter number of well-au. the""ested severe and fatal cases of a second attack of small pox, than of severe and fatal eases after perfect vactioutionft" I, id AT IL ACCIDENT.- I , ,DIVARD MAII'LEy, Esq., Surveyor to the Commissioners appointed under the Act of Par liament for the building of Churches, was proceeding in his gig With his lady from his cousin's house on Blackheath, to his own residence at Balaam-hill, when at a. short distance from the former place, the shafts br o ke, and precipitated both out on the ground. 'Mr. Alawley fell on the back of his head, and his lady received some severe contusions. no was inimediatelY conveyed to Blackheath, where his family, bet Ween hope and fear, were kspt in a painful state of suspense till yeste r d ay morning at five o'clock, when the mortal career of Mr. Mawl e y closed.. This gentleman was highly respected in the proles. sign of which he was a member, and in his situation of Sur. veyor to the Commissioners of Churches, performed the delicate and arduous duties of that office to the full satisfaction of the Noble, Right Reverend, and Honourable Members of the Co m . and with the most mild and candid line of conduct to the architects whose plans he bad to examine. Jo s A vertical machine has lately been invent e d b a mechanic i n il unslet, near Leeds, of the na me o f Jo y Cnorr, for clubbing and spinning, by giving twist between holding and drawing rollers, in the same way that cotton and flax are spun, and which is represented to us as , a considerabh improvement in the woollen manufacture. However consolatory may be the official corn• munications from Russsa, on the subject of CON. STA NTIN sincerity in his abdication, the private letters from the north of Europe, are far from cor roborating that opinion. On the important ques tion of diverting the succession of the Crown from the immediate heir, a considerable party is said to exist in Russia, by whom the passing over of Cost4TANTINE, is highly disapproved. Of tloe higher and influential nobility, a decided majo rity is avowedly favourable to the ascent of NI CHOLAS, but it is said, that there is by no means that perfect unanimity which has been assert ed on this point, with respect to the general body of the Aristocracy of Russia. That the Army, looking forward to active service, should have been disappointed by the abdication of a Prince of warlike and ambitious disposition, is perfectly natural. Stimulated by religious and national prejudices, the people too, of Russia, look up to CONSTANTINE, as their avenger of the outrages perpetrated by the Ottomans on the Greeks. It remains, however, to be seen, what the new E mperor , w h o course be pursued by though at present resolved to walk in the foot. steps of A LEXA N OEII may nevertheless eventually, be constrained to adopt that policy, which may be most convenient with the predominant feelings of the nation. There was an arrival of German Papers this morning, but they art+ barren of political intelli gence. The followi►►g are extracts HANOVER, JAN. 23. The new assembly of the States of the Kingdom was opened this morning with the ceremonies prescribed in a programme, published on the occasion. The precautions that had been adopted prevented any accident from taking place, notwithstand. ing the concourse of a great multitude of spectators. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge gave a grand entertainment to the principal Civil and Military Authorities, the Depu• ties, &c. STOCKHOLM, JAN. 17. The celebrated Orientalist Norherg, died lately at Upsal. The Journal Stockholm and Dagligt illlehanda, which has subsisted 58 years without any impediment, has been lately suppressed by the Chancellor. 'I he Members of the great Committee for the affairs relative to public instruction are now chosen.---(Braneu Gazette, Jan. 24.) M. de Itibeaupierre, Privy Counsellnr and Ch am b er l a i n to his Maje s ty the Emperor of Russia, arrived hcre yesterday from St. Petersburgh. Metallinues .1, 92.13-10. Bank Shares - 1170. 2-5. (Austrian Observer, Jan. 19.) , This being the annivers a ry of the death NAP LES of h i s Majesty Ferdinand 1., the King, his son and successor, ordered solemn exequies to be performed in the Royal Chapel. JAN. 6.—Last night the Chevalier 1). Giovanni Daer°, Captain-Oeneral of the Royal Navy, departed thi s life at the age of a hundred and two years. JAN . . 9.—lfis Britannic - Majesty's schooner the Prince Re gent arrived here yesterday from Leghorn. TURIN, JAN. In Vol. PI, of the Giornale 'treadle, just imblished, we find the following information, which will be highly, gratifying to the lovers of Italian literature :—Professor Itezzi, librarian of Barberini library, has made the valuable discovery of a Dante, with the Commentaries of Landes 10, full of marginal notes, in the hand.writitig of Tam. These notes, as may easily be supposed, are most learned and judicious, ar.d shew how profoundly the immortal author of the . Jerustrion, land studied the Divina Commedia. Signior Reggio will make a present of it to Professor Rosini, of Roput, that he may enrich with it his fine edition of all the works of Torquato. Chevalier Arigbi, in his little work which he published last year at Petersburgh, announces that he is the fortunate pos sessor of a most beautiful manuscript of all the Rime of Petraca, which is of great use to correct many errata in all the printed editions of th oneonierc, as well as tvestore to Petraca as to take from hi me disp disoems.—lpmetta Pisdmontese Jan 19.) , \ Binr.tx, J. 19. to?' the depiNieltt. of Eccleitistical Affairs, &c., has published the • " The Papal Consistory herewith reserves a copy of rescript, of this day's date, addressed to the Consistory of Konigsberg. respecting the supposed existence of associations for the purpose of spreading a pretended better Christianity, to which directors of seminaries and teachers are said to belong, with the injunction to report, in conformity to its contents, whether apprehensions of this description have become public in that province, and have reached the Royal Consistory, or whether it has been induced in any other manner to entertain doubts of any kind respecting the suitableness of the religious instruction given in the Protestant Seminaries, and with respect to the religious notions of the teachers. " Berlin, Oct. 24, 1825. " ALTEXSTEIN." • (Frankfort Papers,Jan. 24.) . . TUE LORD CttAxcELLon.—Very considerable anxiety was evinced this morning in Lincoln's Ittn to know the real state of the Lord Chancellor's health. The answer given by the door-keeper was, that his Lordship was last night a little better. Up to twelve o'clock the daily mes senger who goes to his Lordship's residence had not returned, and various reports arose in conse• quence. Some time after, however, he arrived, and the answers then given —his Lordship re• mains much the same this morning. So serious has the last attack been that his Lordship some days is scarcely able to sit up more than an hour, and very rarely more than two or three hours each day. There are not the slightest reasons for expecting his Lordship will be able to resume his duties in the ensuing week. ItOSSI.kN OATII OF ALLEGIANCE.--The follow• in g is the form of the oath taken by the Civil and lililitnry Authorities to the Emperor NicnoLmi and his son the Grand Duke ALEXANDER I.•-•• "7, the undersigned, do promise and swear, before Mrsighl God, upon the Holy Evangelists, that I will be obedient in every thing to, and serve faithfully, his Imperial Majesty, IV true and natural Emperor, Nicholas Paulowitz, Autocrat of Ad the Russia, and the successor of his Majesty to the throne, Alexander Nicolajewitsch, witho u t reserve , to t h e l as t drop at my blood. I promise to preserve and defend with all of power the rights or privileges which do, or may in future, be long to the power and sovereignty, of his Majesty; to perform on every occasion what may be conducive to the faithful service of his Majesty and the Empire; not only to discover what may be hurtfue to him, us soon as I have obtained any knowledP of it, but also t o prevent and avert it from his Al" jesty ; to preserve faithfully the secrets which may be c ° ,. 11 " Ned to me; to discharge f a i t hf u ll y an d consc i ent iouskt t"e tions and general and p art i cu l ar orders alread offices to which I may be app o i nte d, according to the insulle" t esta blished, or which may in f u t ure b e commun i cated to me, ymy sureri° ll ; to do nothing cont rar y to my oat h and my duty, w h et h e r from personal or other interest, or from friendship or enmity, but to act and conduct my se lf as becomes a faithf u l subject of his and his tribun a l. P o h e l p me God. And to bind th i s oa th, s Majesty, and s o as to b e a bl e to answer at all times be f ore God . kiss the words and t h e cross of my Saviour." Intelligence of an interesting nature Ira* r6' ceived yesterday from Rio de Janeith, under date of the 14th of November. It is stated that after the arrival at the Brazilia n Court of the news of the defeat sustained by the Imperial tropPli in the Bandana Oriental on the 12th of October, a disPowi tiurt was manifested by the Emperor's Mi n i sters to abandon the contest in that quarter, provided means could he found of doing so without discredit. Sir CXIAS. STUART was to sail on the 3' 2 .' 1 on his mission to Buenos Ayres, and it was understood that his instructions enabled him to make yroposals which rendered a s adjustment of th e di spute b etween t h e two States an extreme l y probable event. The Brazilian Government were willing make any concession short of an actual surrender of the territl, to Buenos Ayres ; and as i t was . p resumed that the rePau"" would make no objection to the alternative of allowing ;he Banda Oriental to erect itself into an independent State, under the protection of En g l an d, or o f some other foreign Power, act' rnitting that any foreign protection was necessary, that measure, it was believed, Sir CHARLES ST CART was authorised to Pro' pose. Another e xp e di ent w hi ch has been a imedarA placing the fortress of Monte-Vida) in the hands of the Eng' lish, as a security that the Republic of the Rio da la plats would attempt no extension of territory on that side of the river; Let the detail s , h owever, of Sir CHARLES ST valves ing rd tions be what they may, it appears from the present acco.e... ta that a and`diposition to accommodation exists. on the part Of liT e Zil ; when the nature of the quarrel s is considered, oith importance of peace to both states, and the influence that woul d be exercised on th e ot h er s id e o f t h e Atlantic by a nere':„Ptor i of Sir CH ARLES S TUART ' S ran k , we may hope to hear speedy reconciliation between the belligerents.—(Titneb) The departure of the Duke of WELLIPurr" for St. Peterhurgh is finally fixed for Seturdl next. The immediate suite of the Duke are hi s Aide-de-Camp Qapt a i n the Ikon. Goo" CATHCART, Lord FITZRO Y SOMERSET, FRAN Ci : h GowEn, and D UNDAS. Their route bi -4 Berlin. Yesterday being the Anniversary of K ing CHARLI I'S M ar ty r d om, the Royal Et chang e gates w ere s h ut t i ll twelve o'clock, when the 9 were opened for public business. Letters from Holland, to-day, report, th at trade there has not been in such a state during the memory of merchants, who have been 1 " business during a period of from 40 to 50 Yea rl ' and the distress in the commercial world is e " essi ve. Extract from the agent to Lloyd's at tisbont dated. the 14th Jan. The Fanny, Stone, (ro ll , Bristol, laden w ith i ron, t i n !dates, copper, 01(1" and bottles, on entering the Tagus the 11th itlst; struck upon the Catchops, when the crew quiff'"' her, and she went on shore near the B a gio.-- - Admiral Lord Amelius Beauclere, on being AC: quainted with her situation, immediately ordered the Awaits frigate to her assistance ; but b e fore any person from her could get on board, eve r y thing that it was possible beell stolca—cloth es , cabin furniture totakeaway saiis ,a . b n a d d even. the vessel's papers. The man-of-war's PP 0 1) 1° , have discharg e d t h e cargo, got off t h e vesse l, and she is now at anchor on the east side of Belem Castle." The Glasgow Free Press of Saturday War which came to hand this day, says, " W 0 under' Stand that one thousand power looms on Monda/: , ‘ 4 in he stopped, not for half time but altogether. By an anital from Demerara, we find the Guiana Chronicle bad been suppressed, and the proprietor lodged in jail by the orders of the Governor. 44 Attacks on a Steamboat Associa' flee are mentioned as the cause of the 1 1° ' ceeding! DommcA.---The proprietor of the Dominica Chronicle, Mr. W. F. STEWART, who suffered an "Just and cruel imprisonment for eighty-OW days in the dungeon of a gaol, for alleged ° l e r tempt of the House of Assembly of that ishli was lately prosecute d f or a lib el aga i ns t t hat House, and acquitted by an honourable and li r right Jury. DISTRESS IN SPITALFIELDS. The following- communication was received by the Lout)Ayon, on Saturday, at the Mansion- House :--- " Lord Liverpool and the Chancellor of the Exchequer pre sent their compliments to the Lord Mayor, and have very great satisfaction in acquainting their Lordships, that they have re ceived his Majesty's most gracious commands to direct tile ap plication of one thousand pounds, for the relief of the distress at present 'existing among the journeymen Silk Weavers of Spitaields. " Downing-street, Jan. 30, 1826." This donation of the King has been misrepresented in the list of Subscriptions as the subscription of h is M a j es ty' s G o . vernment; and his 'Majesty has expressed his special. desire, that it should be considered his own private donation. The Lord Mayor has received an intimation to that effect, since the publication of the mistake. The Committee appointed on Saturday for the purpose of receiving the subscriptions, met yesterday at the Weavers' Ball, in Basinghull-street ; the Right Rev. the Lord Hishop .of Chester, who has been throughout most active in favour of the sufferers, took the Chair. The best mode of distributing the relief was discussed, - when, with a view to confine it to the ob jects for whom it was specifically raised, a considerable num ber of Manufacturers residing in all parts of the district, were added to the Committee. A printed form specifying the age, number in family, &c. was agreed upon, which form is required to be attested by the signature of the aster in whose employ ment the aplicant may have been for the l ast twe l ve mont h s ; these printed, forma are forthwith to be delivered to the Master Manufacturers at the Vestry Room, in Spitalfields. Unless such document s 3 signed is produced by each applicant, relief cannot be granted. WEST INDIA DOCKS. STOCKACCOUNT for the. Week entlingSaturday,the2Bth of January, 182(. Articles. { Inds . IWest India Trs Bls Sugar. Brazil . Chests llavanah Boxes East India & .11Iauritius nag' Casks {Yns lids Pns Olds Illolasseit . Ruin Brandy lollands . lPus Ills Casks _f Pipes lids 'its Bags 5 jas" aga tAtsks Bags Casks Ginger 1 na Caagk s s Pepper 1- (Balesßa Bars Cotton - Bags A rrack Wine Cot Tee• Cocoa Pimento Aloes Gourd. Arrow Root . f Casks Boxes Balsam Casks Bark. . Herons Belle Bags Cassia Fi,tala - Casks Cloves 11 Casks Bags --ii Cochineal - . j Bags C Seron ,, Elephants' Teeth No. Guilt • - J I 'asks' l Boxv s Hemp . . Toni , . tildes . . Nu. Horn! . .. No. Indigo . - Serons Ipecacuanha . Viia,,,s," /lags flulex Whale - Galls O il Castor - Casks { Coco NOt . Casks Palm - Casks Pearl Shell -, . { BC:r"okliss Pine Apple - GnNka Caski Rice and Paddy itti'gs* Sago . . Boxes Sarsaparilla - Bales Tallow . . Casks Tortoise Simi!. - f Casks 1 Boxes Tttrtle - - Casks Tapioca - - Casks WOOD. !I ogs P Cee4 Plks & Delivered. Exporta tton. Home I I Con .sumption., 2,803 260 145 Stock on Hand. 31,140 2,305 664 1,947 6,030 12,511 9ho 19,050 1,025 190 1,237 947 13,323 1,313 76,530 1,574 5,135 2,921 787 4,887 274 459 19,074 880 fi 884 154 ialap Mahogany Cedar i Logs l'es Mks African Timber -11 I ogs Piecc•s Santa Maria tb4; ,, t, Places Ebony Tons big. Vibe - Tons Box Wood Tons Log Wood Tons - • •. VuKtic Tons Nicaragua Wood "I'ons Cum 'Wood Tons Liar Wood • f Tons 1 Pieces ITrazilletto Tons' Saunders Wood Pieces liancewoodSpars No. States . N. * British Plantation Coffee Ewa India Coffee St. tomilign. Ttrazil, at tiolfee. - d Ha- { PRICE OF STOCK, TIIIS Bank Stock 2133 14 13} 14 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cone. 79 i i 80180 33 per Cent B9t Ditto Red, 4 per Cent. New Bank Long Ann. 20 1-16 20 India'Stoek Ditto Bonds south Sea Stock DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Old Annuities Now Ditto ....7J 80k: 79i Et. Rills 1000/. 14d. par 1 dis. Ditto 5001. lid. ... par 1 dis. Ditto Small lid 2 4 pm. Ditto Advertised 111 ink for Acct. India for Acct. Con 4. for Acct. ..., i,4 PRICES OF FOREIGN F Austrian 13ds, 5 per cent.... Brazilian lids 833 4 ----- 11325 NOS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Scrip .... Neapolitan, 1824 . Scrip Buenos yres Bds Bds fi per cent 56 Colombian Aids Do. do. 1824 Danish, 0 per cent. 1025 G reek Bds Do. 1825 Guatirnala Neapolitan Scrip Peruvian Boas Do. Scrip Portuguese Bonds Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto New Russian, New, 5 pact, 84i 541 Spanish 1821, 5 per et.... 12f . . 1823 French llentes, sp. c. —f. —c. Exchange ... —f. --c. 3 p. c. Exchange Mexican Ms _ Do. 1826 PRICES OP SHAKES AT ONE O'CLOCK. Per Share. ... ... Anglo.Chilian - ....... Mining Company 34 Brazilian Mining Company .. . a Colombian Mining Company Pasco Peruvian Mining Company ' 721 Potosi La Paz and Pe ru vi an Mining Association • New United Mexican Mining Company Welch Iron and Co a l Mi n i ng C om p an y 12) Alliance Fire and Life Assur a n ce Comp a ny .. lll British Iron Comp a ny 15 British Rock and Patent Salt Company 84 PRICE OP IRISH STOCKS, JAN. 28. Batik Stock Gov. Deb. 36 per cent 9lif St. Patrick Insurance...l4 dis. 4 per, cent. New do. 09 National ditto Govs Stock, 3g . 1 per et.... 88k 9 Hibernian Bank n dis. Consols 3 per cent BO4 Fish Shares Royal Canal Stock ..... 29 Patriotic ditto Grand Canal Stock Royal Irish Mining k pm. Ditto Loan, 4 per cent. ... New Brighton Ditto Ditto, 1i per cent. ... Hibernian Gas Company !Ott LION 111 I J. 6. Anil I VED. I)UE. Guernsey and Jersey Gottenburglz llainburglt France Malta Jamaica America - II Mil 1 , 1/Al'lM AT LONDON URI MI TO.AIORROW. Nlorning, 311 minutes after 8. I Evening, 16 minutes after 9. SUIS • SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDR.IT? LON DON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1826. 7a4 1.600 3,056 329 10,1811 5,370 14,M1 7,782 1,712 - 929 108 4f 7,010 12,321 02,253 !asks 12, larrels lags lags !asks 1 larrels lags 73,i • 1;11; 23 214 1 12 1,402 3.708 4,717 221 1r;5~ t i 't